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CONTENTS<br />

Preface<br />

Acknowledgments<br />

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xvii<br />

Chapter 1. Getting Started 1<br />

Establishing Reasonable Goals 2<br />

What Is Unreasonable 2<br />

What Is Reasonable 3<br />

Obtaining the Informational Tools 5<br />

Textbooks 5<br />

Data Books 5<br />

Periodicals 7<br />

Setting up a Lab 8<br />

The Workbench 9<br />

Hand Tools 9<br />

Miscellaneous Supplies 12<br />

Electrical Lab Power 13<br />

Basic Test Equipment 14<br />

Starting a Parts and Materials Inven<strong>to</strong>ry 18<br />

Salvaging 19<br />

What <strong>to</strong> Salvage 21<br />

Salvaging Electronic Components 22<br />

Buying from Surplus Dealers 24<br />

Chapter 2. Basic Electrical Concepts 27<br />

Electronic Components 28<br />

Resis<strong>to</strong>rs 28<br />

Potentiometers, Rheostats, and Resistive Devices 31<br />

Capaci<strong>to</strong>rs 33<br />

Diodes 35<br />

Transis<strong>to</strong>rs 36<br />

Integrated Circuits 37<br />

A Final Note on Parts Identification 38<br />

Characteristics of <strong>Electricity</strong> 38<br />

Voltage 41<br />

Copyright 2000 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Click Here for Terms of Use.<br />

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